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Ian Murray vs Heidi Alexander

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Ian Murray
Ian Murray
Lab Edinburgh South
vs
Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 469 shared comparable votes.

468 same votes 1 different votes 469 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
43 Aye 27 No
53 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 7 No
Energy 94% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
43 Aye 27 No
53 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.7 %
1 % below average
Rank 391 of 650
Participation
63.0 %
10 % below average
Rank 548 of 650
1,676
2,337 eligible divisions
Total votes
347
551 eligible divisions
928
55.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
46.4 % of votes cast
748
44.6 % of votes cast
No votes
186
53.6 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
+6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
Appearances
57
-10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
175
+55.1 vs Commons average
Rank 110 of 650
Contributions
465
+345.1 vs Commons average
Rank 16 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Migration
150 of 169 votes
#2
Transport
24 of 25 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API